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Great Native Giveaway gets off to a great start
- Saturday, June 07, 2025
Residents flocked to Waterloo Reserve to pick up their native tree packages.
Milldale turned on a spectacular day for our very first 'Great Native Tree Giveaway' on Saturday 7 June. The programme targets Milldale residents who want to join us in our commitment to nurturing nature and delivering sustainable urban spaces.
Each year we are giving 250 Milldale residents a selection of native trees to use in their landscaping, to increase the tree canopy cover, enhance our natural environment and encourage native species, adding a little more shade and colour to our neighbourhood.
Residents praised the initiative and arrived bright and early to pick up their tree, compost, stakes and ties. With a choice of Kowhai, Marble Leaf, Ribbonwood or Pōhutukawa, participants were excited to get their trees in the ground in time for flowers in spring time.
And with the trees standing at almost 2m high, transporting them home added a few challenges for some, but everyone managed with a bit of assistance from the crew at Signature Plants, a subsidiary of The Plant People.
